Gazetteer of small-scale monuments in prehistoric Hadramawt, Yemen: A radiocarbon chronology from the RASA-AHSD Project research 1996-2008

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Mccorriston, Joy ^a   Steimer Herbet, Tara ^b   Harrower, Michael ^c   Williams, Kimberly ^d   Saliège, Jean François ^e   'Aqil, 'Abdalaziz Bin ^f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bellevue Court No 22 ^*  (Indonesia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f General Organization of Antiquities and Museums   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Arabian prehistory; Monumentality; Pastoralist landscape; Tombs; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; MONUMENT; PLATEAU; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; UPLAND REGION;

HADRAMAWT; YEMEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955062964     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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